The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Wall of Scholarship was established to highlight biomedical research by acknowledging a distinct group of Carver College of Medicine faculty members whose published research articles have made a significant impact on a particular field of science or medicine.
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Denise Martinez, MD, wanted to be a doctor from the time she was 5 years old. After earning a “C” grade in general chemistry as an undergraduate student, however, Martinez feared her medical career would stall before it had even started.
Arnold Menezes, MBBS, received the 2019 Franc D. Ingraham Award for Distinguished Service and Achievement, the highest honor given by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons Section of Pediatric Neurological Surgery.
Get to know Poorani Sekar, MD, clinical assistant professor of internal medicine – infectious disease.
Get to know Bruno Policeni, MD, MBA, clinical professor of radiology.
Get to know Ziying Yan, PhD, research associate professor of anatomy and cell biology.
Get to know Wayne Bowers, PhD, clinical professor of psychiatry.
Gen Shinozaki, MD, University of Iowa associate professor of psychiatry and neurosurgery, was awarded a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the correlation of epigenetic marks between human brain tissue and peripheral tissues.
Conventional wisdom says that having just one mutated copy of the cystic fibrosis gene has no effects on a person’s health—the disease occurs when both copies of the gene are mutated. But a new study from the University of Iowa suggests that may not be the case.
Get to know current graduate student Andrea Sánchez Peña.